Dhrishti Bijlani

Teen girl having breakfast in the kitchen with her mother

Healthy breakfasts for teenagers

22nd June 201810th July 2019 Dhrishti Bijlani breakfast

Breakfast is considered an important meal because it breaks the overnight fasting period, replenishes your supply of glucose and provides other essential nutrients to keep your energy levels up throughout the day.

Your Health

Iron in the vegan diet

1st December 201710th July 2019 Dhrishti Bijlani iron, vegans, vegetarians

If a person does not eat sufficient iron-rich foods, they may become iron deficient and suffer from a condition known as ‘iron deficiency anaemia’.

Your Health

Should you skip eating rice?

30th October 201710th July 2019 Dhrishti Bijlani brown rice, rice, white rice

There are many myths and gimmicks which claim rice to be fattening or unhealthy for us. So should you eat rice or skip it?

Young woman taking a fish supplement pill

Your Health

Are vitamin supplements necessary?

17th October 201710th July 2019 Dhrishti Bijlani supplements, vitamins

It should be possible to get all the vitamins required from a healthy and balanced diet, but sometimes vitamin supplements can help. But can a vitamin supplement really turn a bad diet into a healthy one?

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Good vs Bad: What teens need to know about fats

7th July 201710th July 2019 Dhrishti Bijlani fats, healthy diet

Though most of the teenagers today are well aware of what are good and bad carbohydrates, how good is a high or low protein diet, etc, many are unaware of what “fats” are and how some can be good or bad causing good or ill effects to health respectively.

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